When using the words "then" and "than" how does one use these words correctly, for I do not want to ask for "what's the difference?" because I really don't know the difference
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chuck
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"Than" is a comparative word. You are comparing two things - bigger than, slower than. "Then" implies a time sequence, even if only metaphorically. Literally, "she sealed the envelope, then wrote the address" - one thing happened after the other. Metaphorically, "if you think X, then you must accept Y": your thoughts are metaphorically going to X first and then to Y, even if in reality your thoughts are one big bundle. YOu can get a slight crossover with "A is earlier/later than B", but you are implicitly comparing the times of A and B.
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